Hat block



Dec. 1.71931- J. D. LUNDQUISTET AL 1,834,720

HAT BLOCK Filed May 20. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 mm tar/mm M 1931- J. D. LUNDQUIT ET AL 1,334,720

, HAT BLOCK Filed May 20, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig. 6

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Patented Dec. 1 1 931 uNIrEofsTATus- PATENT oFFICE JOEL n. LUNDQUISTI AND JOSEPH BUXBAUM, or BROOKLYN, NEwYoRK, AssIGNoRs T0 CAPITOL HAT Brook 00., me, or NEW YORK, N.Y.

' HAT BLOCK- Application fileafma 20,

Our invention relates'to blocks such as are used in the manufacture of hats.

Hat blocks are forms on which manufacturers shape the hats toconform with prevailing fashions. Since the advent of the so called helmet type of ladies hat, partly as an echo of the late war and partly because of the fashion ofbobbing the hair, the lack of opportunity for displaying their talents in fanciful designs has led manufacturers to the necessity of giving a great variety ,of 'shapesto the crown of the hat, while preserving the general helmet style. Just as the helmet hat is pulled tightly over a womans head, so, in the manufacture of'hats, these are pulled tightly over the hat block; The hat block, therefore, takes the shape notof the cranium, but ofthe hair covered head, as distinguished from a block-used to pin awig on, in which case'the block is shaped like the cranium. I 3 Now, such a hat block, if placed on a base, without any suggestion of a human facebelow the block, as has been the common practice heretofore, has this disadvantage it fails to give themanufacturer or designerof the hat any indication whether, or not, the con tours of the hat harmonize with the face. The V hat may look well enough on the block, but, when placed on a womans head, it may totally fail to give the desired effect. For this reason, some manufacturers try the hats on model busts, made of wood, metal. or plaster of Paris. But here, again, the difliculty aris es in that the same bust, having the same head, will not fit every hat and, unless the manufacturer is supplied witha Vast quantity of busts with variously shaped heads, which is not only anextremely costly, but an impractical arrangement because ofthe enormous space required for such a collection of busts, he is without the necessary means for judging of the probable effect of any hat on any particular head.

In the practice of the present invention, designed to overcome the above stated difiiculties, the hat block is placed on a pedestal simulating a human bust. but'having only. the lower part of a head, the upper part of the head being replaced by the hat block, the

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contours of this hat block beingthose of a hair covered head and not those of a cranium.

The hat blocks used in the practice of this invention are distinguished from the ordinary, commonly used hat blocks in that their under surface has a periphery corresponding to the lowest contact periphery of the hat, i. e. the lowest periphery of contact between the hat and the human head upon which the hat is to be ultimately placed. As to the un' dcr surface of the block, this may be plane, convex, or concave, the choice depending on the style of hat for which it is intended. The lowest contact periphery may be other wise defined as the limit to which the hat may be pulled over the block, corresponding to the limitto which the same hat may be pulled over the head ofthe actual wearer.

In'this manner, when the block is placed on the mutilated head of the pedestal, and a hat is pulled over the block, the block is entirely concealed from view, and only the lower part of the head isvisible under the hat, thus giving the illusion'necessary to'the manufacturer in order that he may gage the leifeat which the hat will produce on an actual Nor is itnecessary in all cases to have the lowest periphery of contact, or thelowest limiting periphery of the block, coincide with the periphery of the upper surface of the --multilated head, since the hat will conceal the break continuity, as is illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 0i the drawings. Allthat is necessaryis that the lowest contact periphery of 'theblock be inconformity with the lowest 7 contact periphery of the hat when thelatter is placed on the head of the wearer. 1

i In the drawings,Figures 1 to 4 are front elevations of various embodiments of this invention, Figure 1 showing a hat'block having a slanting contact with the pedestals mutilated head, Figure 2, a horizontal con tact, Figure 3 a sectional block upon the block when itJi-s made, of a-sin l'er iece or I 7 y u C n V 2 and 2 when, it is made up in sections, as.

in Figure 3; 3 is a hat; 4 a hole in the block 2,

. or in the sections 2 and 2 of the sectional block; 5, 5 are pegs or pins on themutilated head of the pedestal 1, having an enlarged portion.6.at the :top .7 are spring fingers attached to the bloclgas by means of a screw 8-, to hold the pegs 5 in place. 7 i

. In the case of womenls hats, it is preferable to give a certain slant to the block in order to conform with prevailing styles, whichis accomplished by inclining the under surfaceoftheblock and giving a corresponding inclination to the upper surfaceof the mutilated head of the pedestal, as in Figure 1. f The same pedestal may be used in con1unction with a variety of hat blocks, which are interchangeable, thus securing the same result as would be, obtained by a collection of various busts, but without the expense and great consumption of space which such a collection entails. Instead of using a single block, a sectional block may be employed, the sections being superimposed as shown in Figure 3. This permits the use of blocks with plane or curved under surfaces on the same pedestal.

. Theblock may be aflixed tothe mutilated head in various ways. Such expedients are so well known in'the art that the simple illustrationshown in thedrawing is deemed suflie cient. 'As' shown, when the block is placed upon the pedestal, two pegs 5, 5, projecting from the top of the mutilated head enter corresponding holes 4, l, in the block and are firmly but releasably held therein bythe spring fingers 7 which are attached to the block as by. means of a screw 8-. Inorder 2. The combination with an interchangeable block for a hat, which block is externally formed to the configuration of the crown of a human head, including the hair thereon, of a pedestal therefor formed at its upper end to simulate the lower part including the face of said head, the periphery of the lower edge of said block conforming to the lowest contact periphery of said hat, the bottom surface of saidblock and the top surface of said pedestal! being plane, and means for separably securing said block to said head part when said plane surfaces are in contact.

3. The combination with an interchangeable block for a hat, which block is externally formed to the configuration of the crown of a human head, including .the hair thereon, of a pedestal therefor formed at at its upper end to simulate the lower part including the face of. said head, the periphery of the lower edge of said block conforming to the lowest contact periphery of said hat, the bottom surface of said block and the top surface of said pedestal being plane and having a slant' relatively to the upright position of the head, and means forseparably securing said block: to said pedestal when said slanting plane. surfaces arein contact.

v 4. The combination with an interchangeable sectional block fora hat, which block is e externallyi formed to the configuration of l the crown of a human head, including the hair thereon, of a pedestal therefor formed at its upper end to simulate the lower part including the face of said head, the periphery of the lower edge of said block conforming to the lowest contact periphery-of said. hat,'and means for separably securing the sections 'of said block to one another and to said pedestal. "In testimony signatures. I JOEL D. LUNDQUIST.

JOSEPH BUXBAUM.

to more firmly secure the pegs in the block, the

pegs are enlarged at thetop, as at 6, and the spring. fingers 7 are curved 13- such a manner that they close upon the pegs 5 after these have been forced into the holes 4, on the familiar principle of a snap catch. 1 V

,.We claim;

1. The combination with an interchangeable block fora hat, which block is eXternally formed to the-configuration of-the V crown of .a human head, including-the hair thereon, of a pedestaltherefor formed at its upper end to simulate the lower part including the face of said head, the periphery of the lower edge of said block conforming to the lowest contactperiphery of said hat, and

means for releasably securing said "block to said head part.

whereof we have afiixed our r; 

